Light orange colored with cloudy appearance. Medium sized yellow head. Sweet hopped aroma with some aromatic perfume, chocolate, lemon and mild plum. Medium bodied. Flavor is rich with lemon and caramel in start, strong bitterness in dry aftertaste. Still some chocolate lasts. Well, too bitter after so sweet and sugary start.

Bottle 2007. Pouurs cloud yellow with medium white head. Estery fruity and warmilngly alcoholic. Bananas and lime. A hint of bakers yeast. Sweet orangey and soft. Flavor is soft malty with oranges and lime. Slightly sour grapey finish.

Shared w/ Juart. Pours a clear amber color. Small thick fizzy head. Disappeared very quickly. The nose is brown sugar, some plum, grassy, and some mint? From the taste, if you didn’t tell me it was a Christmas ale, I wouldn’t know. A little bitter caramel flavor, some grassy grainy flavors, but not really any of the spice from the nose common in X-mas ales. Medium body without much carbonation.

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet hoppy combined with notes of elderberries. The flavor is sweet malty combined with notes of elderberries, oranges, flowers, hops, and perfume, leading to a dry finish.

Name: Ridgeway Bad Elf
Date: 05/16/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta

Appearance: clear dark copper, wispy beige head,
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma with a candy sweetness and light spicy hops,
Body: big body,
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, light balancing hops,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **/4